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Oceans, seas, lakes, rivers and ponds

2nd grade (Year 3 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.2-ESS2-2, NGSS.2-ESS2-3 · England: KS1 Geography links

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Question 1
Which of these usually holds the MOST water?
- A. an ocean
- B. a pond
- C. a lake
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Question 2
Which body of water is this: water falling over a steep drop in a river?
- A. waterfall
- B. sea
- C. pond
- D. stream
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Question 3
What is the difference between a pond and a lake?
- A. A pond is salty and a lake is not.
- B. There is no difference.
- C. A lake flows downhill.
- D. A lake is much bigger and deeper.
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Question 4
Which of these usually holds the LEAST water?
- A. a puddle
- B. a lake
- C. a pond
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Question 5
Which body of water is this: a small, narrow flow of water, smaller than a river?
- A. river
- B. stream
- C. pond
- D. ocean
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Question 6
Where does a river usually start?
- A. high up, from springs, rain or melting snow
- B. in the middle of the ocean
- C. underground in a cave of fire
- D. in a desert with no water
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Question 7
Which of these usually holds the LEAST water?
- A. a lake
- B. an ocean
- C. a puddle
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Question 8
Which body of water is this: a small, narrow flow of water, smaller than a river?
- A. waterfall
- B. stream
- C. ocean
- D. sea
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Question 9
Where does a river usually end?
- A. in the sea or a lake
- B. at the top of a mountain
- C. it never ends
- D. in a cloud
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Question 10
Which of these usually holds the LEAST water?
- A. a pond
- B. a lake
- C. an ocean
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Question 11
Which body of water is this: fresh water that flows in a channel downhill towards the sea?
- A. river
- B. stream
- C. sea
- D. ocean
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Question 12
What is the difference between a pond and a lake?
- A. A pond is salty and a lake is not.
- B. A lake flows downhill.
- C. There is no difference.
- D. A lake is much bigger and deeper.
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Question 13
Which of these usually holds the LEAST water?
- A. a puddle
- B. a lake
- C. an ocean
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Question 14
Which body of water is this: a large area of salt water, partly surrounded by land?
- A. sea
- B. ocean
- C. lake
- D. pond
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Question 15
Which body of water moves in one direction all the time?
- A. a puddle
- B. a river
- C. a lake
- D. a pond
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Question 16
Which of these usually holds the LEAST water?
- A. an ocean
- B. a puddle
- C. a pond

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